On Friday 10/23, we are going to the National College Fair. In order to do this you need to have at least a "B" average on midterms and you must register.

The link to register for the college fair is http://www.gotomyncf.com/Registration/Registration. Scroll down to the Portland Fair and fill in the check box. Then click Register. Fill in the form and choose me as your parent. Use my elizabeth.sigman@bie.edu email address.

Also leave a comment to this post with your name, which day you would like to go (Friday or Saturday) and your current grades.

What is the habit you most agree with? What "lessons" can you apply to your own life? There are huge gems of knowledge contained in this article. Think about it and write in the comments about your opinions. Share what you think with the AVID community at Chemawa. How can you be successful?

Personally I think this presents a realistic picture of the difficulties faced by Natives who choose to leave the rez and then come back to help their communities. There are some great things in this article. The White Mountain tribe has the opportunity right now to really make changes that will benefit everyone and many of those opportunities are because of the new ideas brought back to the tribe by young Natives who have gone off to college and come back to help change things. You can change your tribe and really help! However it is not always easy and sometimes you have to work from within the system to change it.

Think about what you would change about your home reservation or city if you could? How would you do it? How might a college education help? How would you overcome long-standing traditions or prejudice? Is nepotism or favoritism an issue in the government of your tribe? How might you address this issue?

Please respond to one of the above questions as you reflect on the article and as you write your response, reference either my comments in this post or someone else's comment. When you do state their username and say what you agreed with or disagreed with in their comment.

“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary." - Winston ChurchillDoes this mean that we shouldn't try to do our best? Does this mean that it doesn't matter what we do? I think it means that at a certain point we must either achieve the goal or not achieve it. There does come a final deadline.What do you think it means? Does it mean the same things to you or does it mean something else? Leave a comment to share your opinion.

Posted: 01/12/12 01:25 PM ET -- The fear of Friday is skeviphobia, the fear of the number 13 is triskaidekaphobia, and the fear of Friday the 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia (aka friggatriskaidekaphobia).

-- While both Friday(because Judas was thought to have been the 13th guest at the Last Supper) and 13(because it is an uneven number following the even number 12 widely considered beneficial) had independently been considered unlucky for centuries, the dark nature of Friday The 13th appears to have only originated in the West in the 19th century, possibly with Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini wherein the date is termed unlucky!

-- Apollo 13, which barely escaped becoming a doomed flight, was launched on 13:13 CST, April 11,1970, with the explosion that disabled the craft occurring on April 13(a Monday).

-- In Spanish-speaking nations, Tuesday The 13th is regarded as unlucky!

-- Oklahoma bandit Crawford Goldsby murdered 13 victims, and was captured with a reward of $1300, At his trial, 13 eyewitnesses testified against him, the jury took 13 hours to render a verdict of guilty, and he was hanged on April 13,1896 on a gallows with 13 steps!

-- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would never host a dinner party with 13 guests in attendance and refused to travel on the 13th day of any month!

-- Cuban leader Fidel Castro was born on Friday, August 13,1926, while celebrated outlaw Butch Cassidy was born on. Friday, April 13,1866!

-- Miami Dolphin Quarterback Dan Marino wore No. 13 throughout his distinguished football career. In his one and only trip to the Super Bowl(1985), the San Francisco 49ers clobbered his team, 38-16!

-- The majority of skyscrapers in America do not have a 13th floor, while some hospitals avoid rooms numbered 13, and a few airline terminals bypass gates numbered 13!

-- Every calendar year has at least one Friday The 13th. The most Fridays The 13th that can occur in any given calendar year is three, such as in 2012(January, April and July)!

-- The longest period that can occur without a Friday The 13th is 14 months, either from July through September of the following normal year, or from August through October of the following leap year!

-- In the 1960 cinematic thriller, 13 Ghosts, director William Castle, known for creating innovative PR gimmicks, introduced "Illusion-O" and offered audience members "ghost viewers" to enable them to see the invisible spirits(unfortunately, his on-camera appearance is often deleted from TV airings of the film). -- On Friday April 13, 2029, the asteroid 99942 will make its closest encounter with the Earth!

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo PicassoWhat does this quote mean to you? To me it means that you can't accomplish something unless you actually start. If we just sit around complaining then we can't be frustrated that nothing happened.